Hello,
I'm launching a project in my spare time that some AMSAT members might
be interested in. I'm a graduate student in Aerospace Engineering at
Cornell, and I've been working on a ChipSat/Femtosatellite called
Sprite for the last several years. I want to launch a CubeSat full of
Sprites into low Earth orbit to demonstrate their viability in space.
I'm raising money to build the hardware via the Kickstarter website
(kicksat.org). Donors who sponsor a sprite will get to name it and
specify the text that it will transmit. A group or club can also
sponsor a fleet of Sprites together.
I'm doing this to try to get more people involved in spaceflight. I
want to make it easy enough and cheap enough so that anyone can take
part.
Please check out my page on Kickstarter for more information - kicksat.org
Thanks,
Zac Manchester